Mariah Carey: Many of my friends are gay… but I’m not

Mariah Carey has disappointed a lot of women – and men – by openly denying rumours that she is bisexual.

Singer Mariah Carey has denied rumours she is bisexual (Pic: AP)

The singer, who is expecting her first child with husband Nick Cannon , said that, despite the gossip, she was not attracted to women.

She told Advocate magazine: ‘If it makes somebody happy to say that, whatever, but that’s not the reality. I don’t have a discriminatory policy of who I’m friends with.

‘So yes, I’m friends with women who are gay – gay, straight, it doesn’t matter to me. So I don’t get upset when I hear that because it is what it is. I guess I could lie about it to seem more exciting.’

The 40-year-old said she could not be more supportive of same-sex marriages, adding: ‘If two people want to get married, it’s their prerogative – we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and be in the pursuit of happiness.

‘Ever since I was a little girl, my mother was very open-minded and had many different types of friends, so being gay never seemed wrong or strange to me.’